The new Farrington Garage/Shop build

[tommycomfort]

I always think we should be making more progress than we do, but a couple of jobs, two cars to maintain and a buddies to work on and there are still only 24 hours in a day just limits us...

Deb and Sam getting it done. Don't bother with your safety comments on our work crew, I can't control everything! We're doing well with safety glasses, but Deb in flip flops is beyond my control.


Progress at the end of the day yesterday.



Clueless dogs found this to be the coolest piece of concrete because it had been shaded all day. They don't seem to mind the sawdust landing on them.

[coolwelder62]

Tom,Look's good. You have an Amazing Family.

[tommycomfort]

Originally Posted by coolwelder62

Tom,Look's good. You have an Amazing Family.

Thanks Scott, I am pretty thrilled with the family also. I couldn't do what I do without them.

[groovyjay]

I like what you are doing. I'm going to start building a new shop next spring and have it finished by the end of summer.

This has been a huge inspiration for me:

http://www.bcsportbikes.com/forum/sh...s-I-don-t-even.....

[DOOM]

Looks awesome! I just in Mooresville going to JONES auto salvage!

[tommycomfort]

Somehow I keep thinking that I am doing pretty good with updates, but apparently I fell behind again. Work has been demanding but we're still making pretty decent progress. All our car projects need attention, but the buyer of our former shop indicated that he will soon have the remainder of the money and want it sooner than later so it's thrash time to get this place under roof.


We left Goodguys Indy early on Sunday so we could get home and get some work done. The last of the wall construction was building the two 4' walls on each side of the garage door and install the header. We used our John Deere to lift the header to 8' (max lift of the bucket) while Sam and I lifted each end the remaining foot. All was well until we shoved the last side in. Even though I had never done it before, I used construction adhesive in the pockets and that made things very slippery. Well... As we were shoving the second side in, the first side slid out and bounced out of the tractor bucket and smashed the hood of the poor John Deere. Also glanced off Sam's head, but he's fine. After we all settled down we were able to install it with a few more safety measures in place.

[coolwelder62]

Tom,comming along nicely.Sorry I missed your Bar-B-Q last week(We really wanted come hang out).Work and famliy thing's have me staying close to home for awhile.

[Sieg]

Looking good Tom. It's pretty exciting when they start to actually look like a structure.

[tommycomfort]

Floor is complete upstairs and trusses have been delivered for the open area.

[Rick D]

Nice work Tom! So where's the guest room at???